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By Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/8/2008 8:00:00 PM

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CAN CABLE TV SAVE THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY?
SCI FI'S GOT GAME
BOOK PUTS MCSLARROW IN SPOTLIGHT

CAN CABLE TV SAVE THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY?

Will Cablevision's Newsday acquisition pave the way for other cable companies to invest in—and rescue—the newspaper business, while potentially boosting cable's local ad sales and content?

SCI FI'S GOT GAME

The cable network is teaming with game publisher Trion to create a new project that will simultaneously exist as an online multiplayer video game and a television show.

BOOK PUTS MCSLARROW IN SPOTLIGHT

A short chapter in a new book on D.C. lobbyists looks at NCTA chief Kyle McSlarrow's role in a failed 2006 telcom bill in the waning moments of Republican control on Capitol Hill.

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